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Closing Room Foreman?

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Nadine

Nadine Report 13 Nov 2011 14:16

Thank you so much guys. would prob make sense as his son ending up owning Munn and Felton shoe factory!

Researching:
Morralley, Morrallee, Felton, Schonbeck

jansmith

jansmith Report 13 Nov 2011 07:32

if you haven't seen it this site might interest you

http://www.burtonlatimer.info/

I have found photo's of my step grandfather that my mother has never seen.
Lots of written info as well

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 12 Nov 2011 18:38

The image says he works for a Boot Manufacturer so the above posts would be correct. Have a look halfway down this page (which tells you about the closing room:-

http://www.wisearchive.co.uk/projects/business/204/

Kath. x

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 12 Nov 2011 18:30

http://www.northants1841.fsnet.co.uk/shoe.html


In the closing room the uppers are received from the clickers and, in orderly sequence, each pair is handled by about

thirty operatives. The following are just a few of the jobs which the closers, mainly women, do :-

Researching:
For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

jax

jax Report 12 Nov 2011 18:24

Living in Northamptonshire he probably would work in the shoe industry

See my post above

Researching:
Nothing much

Nadine

Nadine Report 12 Nov 2011 18:22

Ernest Coles - 1879
Burton Latimer.

1911 Census

Married Nellie Coles - 1904

Researching:
Morralley, Morrallee, Felton, Schonbeck

jax

jax Report 12 Nov 2011 18:19

Have you looked at the image? could it be mistranscribed?

Would you like to give us his details so we can have a look

Then again if you google it, it could be something to do with the shoe industry

Researching:
Nothing much

Nadine

Nadine Report 12 Nov 2011 18:12

I'm just researching my family and came across my great great grandfather's job title in 1911 as being a Closing Room Foreman.

Can anyone tell me what this is??

Many Thanks

Researching:
Morralley, Morrallee, Felton, Schonbeck